Improvement in plows



EQ wlAnn.

Plows.

1441.584 Patented Nov.11,1873.

UNITED STATES EDWARD VVIARD, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO BENJAMIN F.

PATENT OFFICE.

AVERY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLOWS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,584, dated November 11, 1873; application tiled September 24, 1873. l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WIARD, of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Land-Side Supporting-Runner for a Plow; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specication, in which- Fignre 1 is a side View of a supporting-runner for a plow, showing it applied to the land side of a plow. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, and Fig. 3 a perspective view of the implement detached.

The same letters of reference in the different gures indicate like parts.

My runner is designed as a substitute for the ordinary supporting land-side wheel of a plow, and it is found, in practice, to be free from objections urged against the use of the wheel 5 these objections being that the wheel sinks into holes and soft earth, and conse- A quently causes the plow to be constantly changing its upright steady position, and, ow-

ing to this, the wheel and plow run heavy.

Further, it is cumbersome, weighty, and difii cult of management, and expensive.

The nature of my invention consists in a broad at runner, turned up at both of its ends, and fastened, by its front end, to an inclined standard, and pivoted to an angular and oblique brace, which is attached, at its angle, to a lateral support on the land side of the beam, and forward of the standard of the same, and pivoted, by its front end, to the beam near the forward end thereof-the said l standard and brace having slots at the points where they are connected to the beam and to the lateral support, whereby any desired set may be given to the runner, according to the depth itis desired to have the plow enter the ground.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed t0 describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A represents the runner, formed of a broad blade of steel, with its front and rear ends, a and b, turned up so as to run free of the ground, as shown., The front end is turned up to a greater extent than its rear end". B is the angle c, so as to come iiush with the land p side of the beam, while its rear half is parallcl with the side of the runner. This brace is connected to the standard by a pivot at the point d. It is perforated at its angle e, in line with the curved slot of the arm c, and it is bent upward at its front end, so as to form a curved arm, j', in which arm there is a curved slot, which is concentric with the hole at the angle c. D is a support for the brace and runner. It is formed at its inner end with a shoulder, g, and a screw-threaded stem, 71 on which latter a nut and washer are applied; and at its outerA end a smaller shoulder, g', and shorter stem h are formed, and on the same anut and washer are applied. By means of the stem h and nut and washer, the brace and standard are confined together at the an gie c, and by means of the stem h the support is conned to the plow-beam.

To apply this runner to a plow, bore a hole horizontally through the beam a few inches in front of the plow-standard and nearthe upper surface of the beam, and pass the stem It through this hole, and fasten the same by means of the nut and washers. Next, fasten the forward end of the brace to the beam by means of a clamp-bolt passed through its slotted arm into the beam, and confine it by means of a nut and washer.

From the above description, it will be evident how the attachment is constructed and applied 5 and I will simply state that, as the runner presses upon a long and broad surface of ground, it will not be liable to sink down in the irregular and soft portions thereof, as is the case with the wheel.

Practical use and manufacture of this attachment and of the ordinary wheel attachment have proved that it runs lighter, and yet'steadier, than the Wheel, and is of itself lighter in Weight; that it costs only about half as much as the Wheel and its Connections; is easily managed, especially in turning a team at the end of the furrow; in a Word, as far as it has been tried, it is preferred by the farmerv greatly to the Wheel. Y

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l The land-side runner composed of the broad 

